I admit, I got pretty mad at what I thought I was seeing. But, you obviously didn't mean things that way. So, sorry I misread you. Next time I read the forums at length, I will check out your post and give it my full consideration.

I think you miss read what I was trying to say about the shifting of the secondary male leads and female leads in rider. I left a post that I hope explains what I was trying to say. Regardless it was a good conversation and I hope to have more at some point.

I was mainly arguing against the bizarre assertion that all "magical words" are inherently untranslatable. The "magic words" the Wizard Driver says are supposed to be easy to understand. I think it's a lie to say that's important to the story, but it's also a lie to say the audience isn't supposed to understand what those sounds mean. Basically I'm just saying the comparison to Harry Potter's Latin is illogical and invalid, but also saying it's not the end of the world if you don't TL (because it's not like what the belt says ever impacts the narrative). I think if you really respect creative intent, yes, you translate the belt... but I think fansubs, kind of by definition, don't always respect creative intent first and foremost. TLs will generally just do whatever they want to do.

At one post, you said that not TL'ing isn't important to the story but, not TL'ing them also ruins the creator's intent so, it... is important? Maybe I'm just half-asleep but, I was a little lost there.

You're amazing. I was a pretty fucking awful person when I first started posting here, but you called me out on it and I probably wouldn't be slowly getting over my ghastly pseudo-activism stage if not for you. Also, you know a ton about sci-fi/fantasy/fiction. You rock.